Championship: Narberth 41-0 Rhydyfelin

Narberth took advantage of hosting the only Championship game on Saturday to take a bonus point win against Rhydyfelin - moving The Otters within a point of second place.

It meant a double over the visitors after winning the reverse fixture 36-13 earlier in the season.

And it was a worthy win as Sean Gale's men were without several experienced players and had to overcome the physical approach of opponents who had four yellow cards issued by referee Steffan Edwards (Abercrave), who also gave a yellow to home flanker Tom Powell for a deliberate knock on.

It was Powell who opened the scoring in the first minute after Ianto Griffiths, Yannic Parker and Lewys Gibby initiated a move up the right flank and after Jake Jenkins was hauled down short up popped Powell in the right corner to grab an unconverted try.

But Rhydyfelin showed they were up for a physical confrontation as they held the upper hand territorially for almost 30 minutes and should have scored a couple of close-range tries as Sam Studley, Lewis James and Scott Pritchard featured.

But there was great cover from Tom Kaijaks, skipper Alex Jenkins, Roy Osborn, Ritchie Rees and Dewi Williams and once they had broken the series of attacks Narberth returned to the attack as Bradley Davies, Rhodri Owens, Kieron Jones and Jack Price featured before Powell popped up again to crash over the line near enough for Griffiths to convert.

Jake Jenkins added try No 3 before the interval from further forward pressure which set the platform – and Rhydyfelin were beginning to show their willingness to mix it and were fortunate the referee missed the use of the boot on the blind side of a ruck.

Talented young scrum half Gibby, who came in for some rough stuff that saw a yellow card issued, had his own back with a sniping run from 30 metres out that enabled Griffiths to add the simple extras – and Jack Price showed his ability to cut holes in defences as he sped clear with the aid of a sharp dummy before Griffiths found the target with the conversion

Gibby added a second as he was fed by Rees and broke a tackle to score and just before the final whistle Nick Gale came on as replacement to win the race for a kick and chase in the left corner.

Coach Sean Gale said afterwards: “I was delighted that we kept our shape and self-discipline because our opponents tried some tough tactics once it became clear we had the beating of them if we played rugby.

“We were able to give a run out to some players who have not featured regularly and they all played well and fitted in to our game patterns.”

Narberth: Ianto Griffiths, Jack Price, Kieran Jones, Jake Jenkins, Yannic Parker, Jonathan Rogers, Lewys Gibby,Bradley Davies, Rhodri Owens, Tom Kaijaks, Alex Jenkins (Capt), Roy Osborn, Dewi Williams, Tom Powell, Richie Rees. Replacements: Kyle Hamer, Dan Jacobs, Ryan Rees, Nick Gale, Will Lewis.

Rhydyfelin: Chris Tottle, Lewis Jones, Chad Davies, Luke Waygood, Gavin Close, Ross Lucas (Capt), Macauley Griffiths, Dale Green, Scott Pritchard, Chris Phillips, Marc Jones, Josh Hawkins, Sam Studley, Sam Studley, Lewis James. Replacements: Johnson Chandegire, Callum Jones, Kevin Briggs, Jack Healy.